Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce are hereby declared unlawful.
RCW 19.86.020
Unfair competition, practices, declared unlawful.
Known as the Consumer Protection Act
The act spans §§ 19.86.010 to 19.86.920 (26 sections).
Applied in 368 court decisions — leading case 105 Wash. 2d 778 - Hangman Ridge Training Stables, Inc. v. Safeco Title Insurance (1986)
Most recently applied in Shawnna Montes v. Sparc Group, LLC (May 2025)
1961 c 216 s 2.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.